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FOREST NURSERY
Demonstrate knowledge of the annual
production cycle of a number of tree
crops in a forest nursery
level:
3
credit:
4
planned review date:
June 2008
sub-field:
Horticulture
purpose:
This is a general theory unit standard with a considerable
field component. People credited with this unit standard are
able to describe the annual production cycle for bare root
seedlings and for radiata pine cuttings in a forest nursery.
They are also able to describe the cycle of operations for
container grown seedlings and cuttings in a forest nursery.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry and
teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed national moderation
system has been set up by the Primary Industry Training
Organisation.
special notes:
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not
limited to the: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992,
and its subsequent amendments.
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10950 version 3
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FOREST NURSERY
Demonstrate knowledge of the annual
production cycle of a number of tree
crops in a forest nursery
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Describe the annual production cycle for bare root seedlings in a forest nursery.
Range:
radiata pine, one eucalypt species.
performance criteria
1.1
Operations are viewed and evaluated with reference to their objectives.
Range:
1.2
cultivation, bed forming, seed pre-treatment, seed preparation,
seed sowing, sowing depth, seed spacing, weed and pest control,
competition,
malformation,
fertilising,
seedling
quality,
conditioning, topping, lifting, culling, packing, transporting, storing.
Timing of operations over the annual cycle is explained with reference to
seasonal biological activity.
Range:
seed sowing, emergence period, soil temperatures, under cutting,
conditioning, carbohydrate transfer, autumn temperature patterns,
frost.
element 2
Describe the annual production cycle for bare root radiata pine cuttings in a forest
nursery.
performance criteria
2.1
Operations are viewed and evaluated with reference to their objectives.
Range:
bed forming, dibbling, cutting collection and setting, protection,
weed and pest control, conditioning, lifting, culling, packing,
storing, plant quality.
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Demonstrate knowledge of the annual
production cycle of a number of tree
crops in a forest nursery
2.2
Timing of operations over the annual cycle is explained with reference to
seasonal biological activity.
Range:
cutting collection and setting, protection, lateral root pruning,
conditioning, topping, lifting.
element 3
Describe the cycle of operations for container grown seedlings in a forest nursery.
performance criteria
3.1
Operations are viewed and evaluated with reference to their objectives.
Range:
3.2
preparing container mix, sowing, pricking out, fertilising, growing
on, hardening off, container types, spacing, starvation regimes.
Timing of operations during the growing cycle is explained with reference to
seasonal biological activity.
Range:
sowing, fertilising, shading, hardening off, root trimming, poly
house, growing period, starving off, planting time, drought
tolerance, frost tolerance.
element 4
Describe the cycle of operations for container grown cuttings in a forest nursery.
performance criteria
4.1
Operations are viewed and evaluated with reference to their objectives.
Range:
4.2
preparing container mix, collecting cuttings, setting cuttings,
growing, hardening off, root trimming, container types.
Timing of operations during the growing cycle is explained with reference to
seasonal biological activity.
Range:
collecting cuttings, setting cuttings, root trimming, transplanting of
plug grown cuttings.
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FOREST NURSERY
Demonstrate knowledge of the annual
production cycle of a number of tree
crops in a forest nursery
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Primary Industry Training Organisation http://www.primaryito.ac.nz if you
wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards
or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before
they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for providers wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0032
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html.
which can
be
accessed at
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